Daily Diary (DD) - Day 219 of 2022

1952hrs:

Day 63 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0804hrs

My punctuality deficit has increased to 451 minutes.

I have slipped once again, though by just a few minutes. The good news is that I am slipping less often than not.

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Tonight's live Twitter space conducted by JKTV was packed with various MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) including Choudhary Yasin, Sardar Attique, Hasan Ibrahim, Shah Ghulam Qadir and Raja Farooq Haider. It also had Dr Nazir Gilani to provide the much needed - yet hitherto - absent legal compass for both politicians and the listening public alike: 

The freedom of expression that hasn't existed on the ground in #AJK since #Partition1947 might just be available here on Twitter#JKASovereignty#AJKPublicAgency#AJKRightsMovement#AJKRejects15thAmendmenthttps://t.co/mtasogkTEM

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) August 7, 2022

Of course, I did make my contribution too albeit about 2 hours and 54 minutes into the programme. For very compelling reasons I thought it opportune to bring Raja Farooq Haider off his 'high horse' and amongst other objections to his conversation I described him as 'guilty' and 'undemocratic'. Previous to my input he had answered some questions put by the public but considered it prudent to 'flee the scene' during my conversation.  

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 55 of 2022

0926hrs:

Day 36 at Martyr's Square Kotli

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A dose of daily wisdom continues:

Translation:

It is beyond my understanding 

that those who cannot implement 

Islamic commandments on their own bodies

How will they implement Islam over the whole country??

Head of Sharia: Syed Ataullah Shah Bukhari (May Allah bless him)  

(at) Urdu Park Delhi 1946

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Journalist Fazal ur Rehman of Smaahni remains up to date:

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The following photo is perhaps going a bit too far but gives an indication of the love of my supporters. Che Guevara and Maqbool Bhat went through a lot more than I ever could:

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Remember Asmaad Aslam?

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A very windy day today and we have to combat that on top of everything else:

If you cannot directly read the text of the Facebook post above:

English:

From 1947 to 2022 India avoided collecting public opinion of the people of JKA as they knew they would lose.

From 1947 to 2022 Pakistan avoided collecting public opinion of the people of JKA as they (foolishly) insisted In advance that the people here provide an oath of allegiance.

From 2011 to 2016 an inheritor of this very territory diligently collected public opinion in AJK and an overwhelming majority exposed the bilateral collaboration of both countries.

Now that inheritor has been waiting for 36 days at Martyr's Square Kotli , anticipating the remaining inheritors.

Urdu:

انڈیا نے اس لیے متحدہ جموں کشمیر کے لوگوں سے 1947 سے 2022 تک رائے نہیں لی کیونکہ انکو پتہ تھا کہ وہ ہار جائیں گئے

پاکستان نے اس لیے متحدہ جموں کشمیر کے لوگوں سے 1947 سے 2022 تک رائے نہیں لی کیونکہ وہ بضد تھے کہ پہلے یہاں کہ لوگوں سے وفاداری کا حلف لیں۔

آذاد جموں کشمیر کے لوگوں کی رائے یہاں کے وارث نے ہی 2011 تا 2016 تک لی اور بھاری اکثریت نے دونوں ملکوں کی ملی بھگت کو بے نقاب کر دیا!

اب وہ وارث باقی وارثوں کے انتظار میں ہے 36 دن سے شہید چوک کوٹلی میں۔

End of Facebook notes....

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As much as I try and avoid him, he seems to cross my path, albeit virtually:

kai etebaar se, ye baat aap par bhi laagoo hay.

In many respects, this applies to you too.

If you were not a mental slave yourself, #AJK N #JKA would not be in the mess it is today. You are weak in heeding advice, despite the passing of almost 12 years. https://t.co/XC3JBZJhH5

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) February 24, 2022

Earlier in the day, he (Raja Farooq Haider x. PM of AJK) had made some bold noises about the State of JKA. However, he usually follows that up with a meek apology to the masters who control him in Pakistan. In my opinion, he's more of a liability than an asset:

To paraphrase what he said:

India and Pakistan cannot divide this territory between themselves. The land of JKA is not bait ul maal (war booty) or khalsa sarkar (crown land). He also reiterated his demand that AJK be recognised as the genuine successor state to the Dogra State of JKA. Gilgit Baltistan should be given a AJK like set-up and have confederation-type terms with AJK.  

Haider also reminded the audience that he had categorically informed the senior leadership of his party (PML-N viz. Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz) on the 25th of December 2020 that if they - the party - took any steps to permanently divide the territory of JKA between India and Pakistan, he would be the first to revolt against them.

JKA is not a territorial issue between geographic neighbours but a people's issue, which only the people can represent themselves, to the outside world, he repeated once more to an audience outside Islamabad press club.

Someone encapsulated some of the above in a photo:

Bearing in mind what he says disparagingly about 'bait ul maal' (this term also applies to evacuee property) and remembering what Malik Waseem & family have gone through to remain caretakers of Ratan Singh and Sardar Singh's land in Naluchi Muzaffarabad, it is obvious what he - Raja Farooq Haider - and others in the AJK government and administration think about 'bait ul maal'. A 'free for all' is what he is implying.

Haider's entry at this All Parties Conference was also in line with his Jekyll and Hyde temperament:

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Here's the Twitter version of the notes from late afternoon in Martyr's Square. Mind, notes on Twitter can be a challenge to squeeze in, even if we split the note in 2: 

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From #1947to2022 #India avoided collecting public opinion f the people f #JKA as they knew they wud lose.

From 1947 to 2022 #Pakistan avoided collecting public opinion f the people f JKA as they (foolishly) insisted n advance that the people here provide n oath f allegiance. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/dQvKMCLXNA

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) February 24, 2022

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Frm 2011 2 2016 n inheritor f this very territory diligently collected public opinion n #AJK & n overwhelming maj. exposed the bilateral collaboration f both countries.

Now that inheritor has bn waiting 4 36 days @ #MartyrsSquareKotli , anticipating the remaining inheritors. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/akhzt54PEZ

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) February 24, 2022

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The woes of politically active students in AJK continues:

The Central Disciplinary Committee of the University ''AJK'' has issued a notice against me in which 11 allegations will be leveled against me which are completely baseless. The UAJK administration wants to eliminate politics from the university. Which is reprehensible.@sahaafi https://t.co/WGS8ClasLr

— Akmal Jarall (@aakmaljarall) February 24, 2022

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The value of culture and the lurking danger of extinction:

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 360 of 2021

1412hrs:

A lot of commotion happening on JKA. That's Jammu Kashmir & Allied. A nomenclature I'm using to make simple sense of c. 85,000 square miles of territory, geographically situated between (six) of the largest collection of mountain ranges in the world and in the vicinity of almost half the world's population. Among other strategic factors, it is the most contested freshwater source of the world too. 

Yesterday evening a notable personality of our territory, asked me for a note on happenings over the past few days, in relation to JKNSF Azad's emphatically successful convention on the 24th and 25th of December in Kotli.

He wanted to send it to some foreign diplomats.

There's a lot of untoward happening in the United Kingdom too. We are investigating obstruction and illegal surveillance of the internal narrative in AJK there.

Here's the note:

Growing tension emerged between pro Pakistani influences and pro freedom voices over the past few days in AJK. This was in the wake of 27 year old chairman of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) Manzoor Pashteen's invitation to attend Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation's (JKNSF Azad) convention in Kotli on the 24th and 25th of December 2021.

Despite being a peaceful movement of Pashtuns seeking redressal of grave human rights violations on their people by the military organ of the Pakistani State, PTM's genuine grievances rather than being heard have led to them being proscribed and targeted for raising their voice. Such a movement's chairman being invited into AJK by a decades old students organisation in this territory - known for its 'resistance of occupation' politics - created panic in Pakistan's establishment circles.

The latter reacted by issuing a notification to ban Manzoor Pashteen's entry into AJK on the 22nd of December. They also underwent a propaganda drive to counter NSF's (short for JKNSF and used hereon) convention. A previously obscure organisation 'Tehreek e Jawanaan Kashmir' (referred to as TJK hereon) led by Irfan Ashraf of Rawalakot led this propaganda drive in favour of the Pakistani State, by announcing that they would celebrate M. A. Jinnah's birthday in Kotli on the 25th; as a show of power to drown out nationalistic influences in the territory. Meanwhile, the Pakistani State also tried to prevent the NSF convention from going ahead as announced.

What transpired on the 24th and 25th of December is that the NSF convention went ahead as scheduled in Kotli. Many other pro freedom voices and parties announced their solidarity with the NSF and condemned the Pakistani State's attempts to muzzle internal voices here once again. Even advising the NSF to defy these obstructions.

Irfan Ashraf known to work very closely with Pakistan's intelligence agencies - which almost won him a legislative seat at the recently concluded elections here - couldn't muster more than 20 people for TJK's birthday celebration of Pakistan's founder on Christmas Day. This is despite the heavy propaganda campaign leading up to this event. A day before in Kotli (on the 24th) they had tried hard to persuade the public of Kotli - by loudspeaker announcements throughout the city - to participate at this event. It is clear from photos, videos and local knowledge that hardly any local participated. Those who did were either from Rawalakot or were Pakistani citizens.

Whereas JKNSF Azad engaged a few hundred people at both their convention on the 24th and their public gathering on the 25th, as photos and videos will indicate. They were able to gain sympathy and credibility at home and abroad while those sponsored by the Pakistani State could hardly gain any traction in Kotli at all.

There was heavy police presence throughout Kotli over these couple of days, as anything was possible. The 'authorities' did jam communications through part of the day on the 25th, which prevented Manzoor Pashteen from addressing NSF's convention via electronic communication.

It has been noticed particular in the last couple of years - post August 2019 - that whatever the Pakistani State does to counter Jammu Kashmir & Allied's internal narrative - tends to backfire on them - leaving them humiliated and exposed in the eyes of local public opinion as well as among our diaspora. Countless examples can be referred to in this respect.

End of note...

Here are a couple of photos to show the contrast:

1) Pro Pakistan forces in Kotli on Christmas Day

2) Pro freedom forces in Kotli on Christmas Day

The following video gives you a dynamic contrast of the 2 events (2 narratives) occurring in such close proximity to each other and simultaneously at that:

 

Earlier in the day, JKNSF Azad's procession from Shaheed Chowk in the following video can also be compared to TJK's procession to Abshaar Chowk in the previous video:

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Meanwhile, on this very day an interview of former prime minister of AJK Raja Farooq Haider was conducted by JK News Urdu in Smaahni:

Here are some salient points that he mentioned during his interview:

AJK is not recognised anywhere in the world and Pakistan has never taken this point seriously. The latter is adamant on representing us.

There is a concerted effort to dilute the 'Kashmir Issue' and permanently divide the territory of Jammu & Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Pakistan's attempts to merge Gilgit Baltistan into its federation is a step in that direction.

The recently concluded 'Russell Tribunal' in Sarajevo (Bosnia) has nothing to do with the Pakistani government. It was something instigated by our diaspora. Pakistan's role is effectively non-existent.

Demographic change is taking place on both sides of the Line of Control and Pakistan was first in conducting such measures (in GB).

Raja Farooq Haider reiterates the point that until the people of this territory are not given the opportunity to represent themselves, Kashmir will continue to be perceived as a land dispute between India and Pakistan. In such a scenario, the world will always give precedence to the rising economy of India rather than the sinking economy of Pakistan. Thus, we have no face value, he contends.

The State of Jammu & Kashmir is a multi religious society, not a fundamentalist Muslim entity.

His concluding message to all citizens (young and old) of Jammu Kashmir (& Allied) as it stood on the 14th of August 1947 is to do whatever is possible to save this State, if you want to continue your existence.

He recognised that our plight is because we are surrounded by large nuclear powers and that we need to instigate democratic institutions throughout the developed world. He also recognised that there is barely any democracy in the Muslim World. Raja Farooq Haider considered social media to be a powerful tool and urged our people - local and in the diaspora - to persistently highlight our plight.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 199 of 2020

1424hrs:

So it has become apparent that the AJK Assembly has plucked up the courage to reject Pakistan's proposal (read order) for the 14th Amendment which would have reversed most of the gains achieved in the 13th Amendment. Everything is still under a cloud which is true to form of the Pakistani State, which has relied on obfuscation as its most potent weapon since 1947.

One needs to go through the proposal - which cannot be guaranteed to be the actual version - not least because it gives an impression that it has been proposed by the AJK Assembly itself when in fact it came from the direction of Pakistan's federation, apparently on the 20th of June this year. Here's a copy of what is publicly available:

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The rejection of the above proposal (or direction) by the Pakistani State to amend the constitutional framework (which is in fact not constitutional as it has no local input and was imposed in 1974) operating in AJK was rejected unanimously by the AJK Assembly. Here's a press release in Urdu to that effect. It was made public yesterday but has a time stamp of the day before yesterday:

As it is in Urdu, public interest would dictate that I translate it into English for the benefit of our English speaking public as well as the world at large.

Thus:

(The) Free Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir

(Press Release)

An extraordinary convention of the Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) cabinet took place on the 15th of July 2020, presided over by Esquire Prime Minister - (of the) Free Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir - in the cabinet committee room (Prime Minister's Secretariat) Muzaffarabad. Also present in the meeting were (representatives of) the Department of Law and the Department of Kashmir Affairs. The documentation received from the Government of Pakistan, in reference to the (proposed) constitutional amendment on the 22nd of June, was discussed and reflected on at length. The cabinet made the following decisions on the subject of the proposed documentation:

i) 
The cabinet has not completely agreed with the constitutional amendment documentation.

ii) 
It is the collectively agreed opinion of the cabinet that the State of Jammu and Kashmir has an ideological relationship with the motherland of Pakistan, which is a manifestation of the undying aspirations of the Kashmiri people. This is not merely the ownership of an individual, party or government but in fact the collective ownership of the inhabitants of the State (of Jammu & Kashmir), on both sides (of the divide). This bond is completely in accord with the vision of the honourable father of the nation Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

iii) 
The cabinet has further expressed that on the basis of the action taken on the 5th of August 2019 by the Indian government; the accepted international status of the Kashmir issue, the will of the State's people and their fundamental rights have been violated. In order to achieve its vulgar aims, the Indian government has taken this step in order to change the demography (of the territory under their control), which is in total contradiction of the United Nations Security Council resolutions. In this context, for the purpose of translating the aspirations of the inhabitants of the State of Jammu & Kashmir - on either side (of the divide) - it is requested that steps be taken via mutual consultation to further empower the government of Azad Kashmir.

iv) 
The cabinet has also expressed the opinion that constitutional matters via mutual consultation can only be decided in accordance with public aspirations and the intent described in article 257 of the Pakistani constitution. For this, mutual consultation is needed at the highest level (of Inter-State relations.

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The cabinet through collective agreement has expressed their full and complete satisfaction in the leadership of Esquire Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan, the prime minister of the free government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir.

(Signature of Raja Wasim)

Press Secretary of the prime minister 

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I was invited to participate in the following programme which references a novel way of tackling issues of public interest. From cleaning (refuse disposal) to telecommunications, roads and the political leadership crisis in AJK:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 126 of 2020

2244hrs:

A 2:41 minute audio message in Urdu was sent to the prime minister of AJK today.

AJK Public Agency · Message from The People's Assembly to the PM of The AJK Assembly - 050520

English translation followed by transcription in Urdu:

Greetings Respected Farooq Sahaab. The narrative (which we are referring to) is one that your 49 members of the (AJK) Assembly cannot espouse, due to certain compulsions or enticement that they've drawn themselves into and that has been the story - on aggregate - for the past 73 years.

We affirm that the transitional process - through the means by which - the system changed here in 1947, did not emanate through due process and whatever changes have emerged were conducted by the representatives of the British Crown. There was a proviso* that the people would be consulted (referred to) in the aftermath of whatever commotion took place in October 1947. Indeed, in that very letter in response to (Maharaja Hari Singh's appeal for military assistance) written by the then Governor General of India Lord Mountbatten.

This should also be kept in mind that the system of governance in India was (effectively) administered by the British up to 1950 while in Pakistan they remained till 1956. Thus, all developments occurred under British supervision. The Indian Independence Act and all that happened of consequence were under circumstances whereby the whole system of governance and administration viz. the economy, defence etc. remained under their control. 

So Indian Governor General Mountbatten in response to the Maharaja attached a proviso that when peace is restored then we will refer to the people (to determine their future). This is our first point of reference.

We don't need to leap forward to the United Nations. This issue was created by the British Empire and the solution leaves some parts of the key in London whilst the remaining parts are here, on the ground.

Thus, if we want a solution then that requires an initiative here (on the ground). In that manner, we will appear forthright in our approach to the world and hence be effective. What would emerge as our narrative to the world requires an internal process.

I think these words should suffice. This will be our second (Assembly) session. Our inaugural session was conducted on Sunday the 9th of February outside the Assembly Secretariat in Muzaffarabad. I'll send you the video link here...thank you very much.

Urdu transcription:

Jee Aslkm mohtaram Farooq Sb..uhm wo bayaaniya jo aap ke unchaas (49) jo Assembly memberaan hay wo bayaaniya...uhm jo kisi majboori ke tehat ya kisi laalach ke tehet...uhm...wo nahi bhol saktey aur nahi wo bol rahey hain

..uhm..pichley majmooi taur par 73 saal se...teek hay..jo process hay jis ke zariye se yaha ka nizaam change huwa 1947 me..hum kehtey hay ke wo logo ke..kisi due process ke zariye se nahi huwa...aur jo bhi changes ayi hain humey

...uhm..Malika e Britannia ki ..uhm.....ke namaaindo ne kaha ji ke logo se poocha jayega....jo bhi halla gulla huwa October 1947 me to...us me...uhm..jo letter ...uhm..Lord Mountbatten jo basically us waqt Governor General they India ke

...aur ye bhi zehn me rehna chahiye ke India ke andar jo nizaam hay wo 1950 tak wo angraiz hi chalaa they rahey aur..1956 tak wo Pakistan me wo chalaatey rahey...to ye angraizo ki hi..uhm...nigraani me..un ke supervision me hi

...zaahir hay Indian Independence Act bana..aur jo bhi cheezey huwi hay..saara nizaam aur insiraam...eh uhm...economy, defence har cheez unhi ke control me thi..to Mountbatten ne

...Governor General ne Maharaja ko jawaab detey huwey ye likha tha ke..jab aman o amaan qaim hojayega..uhm..to hum logo se poochengey to...uhm..ye hamaara pehla point of reference hay

..humey UN me chalang lagaani ki zaroorat nahi hay......teek hay..masla Britannia ne banaaya aur masla ka hal jo hay....us ki jo chaabi ke kuch hissey hain wo London me hi hain..baaqi hissey yaha pe hi hain..ground par hi hain

...aur agar hal aap ko chahiye to ground se hi koi initiative hoga to wo cheezey dunya me paidaar aur baqi jo effectiveness hay wo mu'assar banaaney ke liye jo aap ka narrative hay dunya ke saamney us ke liye aap ko aik androona process chahiye

..mere khyaal se ye alfaaz kaafi honey chahiye...ye doosra ijlaas hay..pehla ijlaas 9 February itwaar.....itwaar 9 February..ibtadai ijlaas Assembly Secretariat Muzaffarabad ke baahir hi huwa tha..us ka me video link aap ko yaha bhejh deta hoo..bahut bahut shukrya       

Reference:

Proviso*
Victoria Schofield - ‘Kashmir in Conflict – India, Pakistan and the Unending War’ (I.B. Tauris - London & New York - 2000 & 2003

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 348 of 2019

0511hrs:

I have been burning the midnight oil to get through a lot of things on our public agenda.

This was just one of them:



I always knew this video would have to be re-visited from time to time.

Here are some points that I have extracted from his speech and translated them for added clarity:

n.b. Time (in video) is followed by extracts of his speech.

13:06 - Pakistan's foreign policy is not in sync with the needs of the Kashmiri people.

14:22 - According to a survey in the (Kashmir) Valley, sympathy for Pakistan was at 6%.

14:32 - At night on the internet I see people mobilising for an independent Kashmir.

14: 45 - How governments are made and broken here - (the absence of democracy) - that Kashmir (Valley) has been robbed and we don't want to become someone else's colony. Or some other country's citizen(s).

15:19 - An innocent woman cannot live between 3 gangsters (aik sharif zaadi 3 goondo ke darmiyan nahi reh sakti!) This is difficult, it cannot happen. We don't know who controls the (Pakistani) foreign ministry.

18:14 - This constitutional set-up is not capable of fulfilling the aspirations of the people. This is not possible. 

19:30 - If we had control, none of these issues would arise.

19:39 - The role of Chief Election Commissioner is also used to wring our necks.

19:48 - For Mangla, I don't want royalty, I want net hydel profit like NWFP (now KPK).

23:00 - Voluntary soldiers (billa thankhwa fauj) is a drama.

23:35 - Pakistani PM Gilani whispered in my (Raja Farooq Haider's) ear that I will get Kashmir for you! 

24:00 - We (AJK) have no voice. We don't exist.

24:36 - Amend Article 257 of Pakistani Constitution to bring it up to date. Add another article and take us back to the acceptance position (of that standstill agreement) and let us do our own thing! Its as simple as that!

24: 57 - (While narrating a conversation with Pakistani PM Gilani) Ghulam Sadiq and I may be talking to you nicely but who (of us) you meet in future may not be so pleasant, when talking to you.

25: 32 - When the money is mine then taxation is my job, I have to spend it (and do budgeting). Why should Manzoor Watoo (then Minister for Kashmir Affairs) give clearance?

25: 47 - A hawaldaar (sergeant in Pakistan's clandestine agencies) will be writing that I'm anti Pakistan.

27:15 - We have our own State identity

28: 25 Mirs of Hunza and Nagar discouraged by Sardar Ibrahim Khan with good arguments from 'acceding' with Hari Singh (My note: This point needs further elaboration) 

28: 40 - The people here basically fought themselves for this territory (in 1947).


30: 10 - A lot of bad times are ahead for Pakistan where it will face a lot of economic problems.

End of translation of extracts of Raja Farooq Haider's speech.....

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Here's the Urdu podcast of the People's Assembly - AJK Public Document, as promised yesterday:



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Sardar Masood Khan, otherwise known as the president of AJK has disowned the government circular doing the rounds on social media since yesterday:

What can be more embarrassing than a President tweeting about a notification which was issued by the name of President’s office but president don’t k ow about it.

Who is running these things? @tariqfarooq60 what is new justification now?#Kashmir #KashmirInDanger pic.twitter.com/qbKEoRZP2y

— Qaisar Javed (@iamQaisarJaved) December 14, 2019

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Trying to give you other angles on my existence:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 308 of 2019

1221hrs:

Consultation in full swing.....

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I wonder if he understands the full extent of his own statement:

It’s us who have to decide this none else https://t.co/ELSszxYo7n

— Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan (@farooq_pm) November 4, 2019

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We continue to monitor what happens in Westminster:

Afzal Khan 
Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the implementation of UN resolutions to uphold the human rights of the Kashmiri people.

Heather Wheeler 
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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We recognise that there are human rights concerns in both India-administered Kashmir and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Any allegation of human rights abuse is deeply concerning and must be investigated thoroughly, promptly, transparently and independently. We encourage all states to uphold their international human rights obligations and to ensure domestic laws are in line with international standards.

Reference:

(Citation: HC Deb, 4 November 2019, cW)

The shadow minister asked an important leading question which was totally ignored. I would clarify that the UN resolutions cited in the question are not just inadequate but impractical in 2019, as they rely on successful Indo-Pak bilateralism, just like the UK government does. After all, it was the then UK Government (in 1947) that facilitated the UN process for both India and Pakistan, if only to shift attention away from itself for facilitating the entry of Indian and Pakistani troops into Jammu & Kashmir. They both (the UK and the UN) deprive the people of Jammu & Kashmir of agency in their own affairs.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 261 of 2019

2221hrs:

The Pakistani State narrative tried to confront the internal narrative in Bhimber city today. The Pakistani State's illegal agency operatives tried their best to prevent activists of the Jammu Kashmir People's National Alliance (JKPNA) from distributing pamphlets to the public of Bhimber. However, they were thwarted by a firm civil society response and outrage from other parts of AJK and its diaspora. As explained hitherto, the AJK police are also a part of this society and thus share similar sentiments with the public. This sentiment can be encapsulated in the following messages:

Obviously this second image will have to be translated. Thus:

We vociferously condemn the illegality of the cowardly administration of Bhimber, which - without reason - kept Kashmiris under duress and stopped the public from propagating the truth.

End of translation.... 

It should be remembered that the word 'administration' is a euphemism for Pakistan's agencies which are now desperately trying to protect their country's narrative in AJK but with decreasing effect.

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Earlier, the following speech of the AJK prime minister made waves for its uncustomary bold advice to the Pakistani State, to effectively take a back seat in matters related to J & K: 

PM AJK @farooq_pm in National Parliamentary conference#Kashmir isn't a territorial Dispute Between #India and #Pakistan.
Pakistan Should Facilitate Us to represent our Case on international level because international community wants to listen us not to Pakistan#FreeKashmir pic.twitter.com/qyjGSBJYFB

— Usman Tariq Chughtai (@UsmanTariqUSK) September 18, 2019

Parts of his speech was censored too, which increased the intrigue surrounding it:

So much for the #KashmirCause https://t.co/4KMF14w4vl

— Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) September 18, 2019

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A British MEP has been busy discussing us in the European Parliament too:



However, as with all previous advocacy by British politicians, we urge them to stop thinking along bilateral terms. Here's my response to Phillip Bennion on his post:

We agree with most of your suggestions and analysis. We also thank you for your pro-active stance on this delicate issue. 

However, we do not think this issue can be resolved by India and Pakistan with an international mediator, even if it included Kashmiri representatives. That is a very unlikely scenario and even if it were to proceed thus, there would be little that the exclusive inheritors of this territory could claim. 

As someone who lives and thrives in a functioning democracy why do you not make suggestions for J & K that you would want for yourself if - God Forbid - the UK were to be occupied by France and Germany? 

Please support an internal political process in J & K without external interference. The world should accept a solution democratically created within J & K rather than open it further to regional and international intrigue.

End of my comment...

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This gentleman should not be forgotten. In fact, it could be said that our previous 200 years of history begins with him:



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Isn't it interesting that barely a day after the Pathan tribesmen are sent on a State sponsored visit to provoke the citizens of AJK into helping them repeat the horrors of 1947, the Pakistani prime minister has this to say:

"If anyone from Pakistan goes to India and he thinks he will fight in Kashmir or will conduct jihad, the first person he will be inflicting cruelty on is Kashmiris. He will have acted as an enemy to Kashmiris," says Pakistani PM Khan in Torkham. https://t.co/ED0zpikQJ3

— Asad Hashim (@AsadHashim) September 18, 2019

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